Re: [Dev-C++] How can I use OpenGL GLUT? (the story of a confused user)

[Scott S. <age...@co...>]

I too couldn't find the header. So I simply used the header that GLUT 
comes with when you download it.

--Scott Simontis--



Martin Olsson wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
> I'm having difficult understand how to use GLUT from the dev-cpp 
> platform. My first try was to download GLUT for win32, but I noticed 
> that dev-cpp could not use the MSVC .lib file. I googled for awhile 
> and then I learned about reimp.exe and I used to to get a proper .a 
> file for dev-cpp. However, when I was about to copy the new .a file 
> into the dev-cpp lib dir I noticed that it already had a libglut.a and 
> also an existing copy of libglut32.a. I thought, strange, and so I 
> reported this as a bug because there was no .h file only a file in the 
> lib dir. Then I googled some more and I found a reference to freeglut 
> which I thought was a great idea. Hence I arrived later at the 
> freeGLUT homepage, here:
>
> http://www.nigels.com/glt/devpak/
>
> Now it says "No longer needed, GLUT is now bundled with Dev-C++", but 
> what does that mean? I'm really confused, if GLUT is indeed bundled 
> with dev-cpp maybe one could add a GLUT project template right besides 
> the OpenGL-project thing? That would simply ALOT for confused people 
> like me!
>
> ---
>
> Finally, what is the best way for me to proceed? Is there a 
> preinstalled GLUT library+header set somewhere on my computer (im 
> using the latest dev-cpp as of today). Where can I find it, how can I 
> use it?
>
>
> regards,
> martin
>
>
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